“It used to be like 80-90 percent CoinHive, but a big actor has shifted to using Omine in recent months.”

VriesHD advised internet service providers (ISPs) to prevent the spreading of malware by forcing over-the-air updates to the routers.

“Users should indeed update their routers, yet the biggest bunch of them are distributed by ISPs to their customers, who often have no idea what to do or how to update the router,” the researcher told Hard Fork.

“Often these distributed routers are limited in their rights as well, not allowing users to update the routers themselves.”

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